Saturday, January 14, 2017

(Monte Carlo, Monaco)- Sailing concurrently as Key West Race Week on the
lovely, sunny Mediterranean is the European J/70 fleet. From January
13th to 15th, YC Monaco will be running the third Act of their Monaco
J/70 Winter Series for an incredibly competitive, closely-packed fleet
of thirty-one boats.

The
fleet is remarkably diverse, with crew coming from ten nations across
Europe, including Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco,
Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden. While the winner of the last
Act is not sailing, Lera Kovalenko, Russia’s top woman sailor, will be
back on ARTTUBE to defend her series leading position and, hopefully,
post another podium finish. Chasing her fast crew from Moscow, Russia
will be YC Monaco’s own Stefano Roberti on PICCININA, Herve Maiano’s
SOPWITH CAMEL, Royal Swedish YC’s Anders Kemmler on DYNAMANT RACING,
Andreas Spiegel’s Austrian team on PFANDER, and Stephan Molle’s German
crew on GRUN SOFTWWARE AG. For more YC Monaco J/70 Winter Series sailing information